Sensible Truth Ep. 28: Honoring the Constitution as a Sacred Act

 

“The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty…is finally staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.” George Washington

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God and Political Power

 

My Friends, today I want to reflect on a sobering observation from President Gordon B. Hinckley. He taught that “many public officers have abandoned any reverent use of the name of God in public meetings, thereby closing the door to Deity when it is plainly evident there is a need for wisdom beyond their own. If we deny the one sure source of moral truth, then from whence will it come?” His words invite us to consider not only the state of our public life, but the state of our own hearts.

Scripture teaches that true wisdom begins not with intellect, not with experience, and not with political power, but with reverence. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom” (Proverbs 9:10). When leaders—and when we ourselves—set aside the name of God, we are not merely changing language. We are closing the very door through which heaven’s guidance enters. James reminds us that *“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God… and it shall be given him” (James 1:5). But asking requires humility. It requires acknowledging that our own understanding is not enough.

The Lord lamented through Jeremiah, “They have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?” (Jeremiah 8:9). When a people reject God’s word, they do not become wiser—they become unmoored. Isaiah warned of a time when people would “call evil good, and good evil” (Isaiah 5:20), a time when moral clarity would be replaced by moral confusion. President Hinckley’s question echoes that warning: If we turn away from the one sure source of moral truth, where else do we expect to find it? Human opinion shifts. Cultural norms change. Political winds blow in every direction. But God’s truth is steady, unchanging, and sure.

The Psalmist declared, “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord” (Psalm 33:12). That blessing does not come merely from invoking His name, but from seeking His will, honoring His commandments, and acknowledging His sovereignty. When leaders pray, when communities seek God, when families teach His word, and when individuals humble themselves before Him, heaven responds. Light increases. Wisdom deepens. Hearts soften. And righteousness becomes possible.

So the invitation today is simple: let us keep the door to Deity open. Let us speak His name with reverence. Let us seek His wisdom in our homes, in our decisions, and in our daily walk. And let us be the kind of disciples whose faithfulness invites heaven’s guidance not only into our personal lives, but into the life of our communities and our nation. For when God is honored, truth has a place to stand. And where truth stands, righteousness can flourish.

In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Scriptures: To Know God

 

Scripture was written so you could know God. Not know about Him. Know Him. The way you know a person, by watching what they do when it matters most.

The way you know God is not through His name. It is through His character.

When Moses stood at the burning bush and asked God for His name, God gave him one that was not really a name at all. “I AM WHO I AM.” Exodus 3:14. That is a declaration of character. I am self-existent. I am unchanging. I am not defined by what you call me. I am defined by what I am.

Moses asks God to “Show me your glory.” Exodus 33:18.

God does not show him a vision. He does not show him heaven. He says, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you.” And then He does. “The LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished.” Exodus 34:6-7.

When Moses asked to see God’s glory, God showed him His character. His compassion. His patience. His forgiveness. And His justice.

That changes how you read everything else. Every story in the Bible is God showing you who He is through what He does.

When He made a covenant with Abraham, He put Abraham to sleep and walked through the pieces alone. Genesis 15. He bound the promise to Himself because He knew Abraham could not keep it.

When Israel was enslaved for four hundred years, God did not forget. The first thing He said to Moses at the bush was “I have seen the suffering of my people. I have heard them crying out. I have come down to rescue them.” Exodus 3:7-8.

When Jonah ran, God did not find another prophet. He pursued him. The character of God does not give up on the people He sends.

And then Christ came and the character of God was made visible in human flesh. “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.” John 14:9.

And what did they see? They saw a man who touched lepers when the world crossed the street. They saw a man who stopped for children when His disciples waved them away. They saw a man who sat with a Samaritan woman and talked to her like a human being when His culture said she was beneath Him.

They saw a man who wept at a friend’s grave because love made death feel like a personal offense.

They saw a man who made a whip and drove corruption from His Father’s house because He was not confused about what was worth fighting for.

They saw a man who on the worst night of His life washed the feet of the man He knew would betray Him.

And on the cross, rejected by His people, sold by His disciple, abandoned by His friends, mocked by the leaders who should have recognized Him, He said, “Father, forgive them. They do not know what they are doing.”

That is the character of God. A person in the worst moment imaginable choosing forgiveness over vengeance, choosing love over power, choosing to stay when saving Himself would have meant losing you.

The thief on the cross had no theology. He had no church membership. He had no track record. He said “remember me.” Christ said “today you will be with me in paradise.”

The character of God does not require you to earn what He gives. He gives it because of who He is, not because of who you are.

That is what the Bible is for. It exists so you can see, on every page, the character of a God who does not change, does not lie, does not break His promises, and does not walk away from the people He loves no matter how many times they walk away from Him.

And when that character gets inside you and changes how you see everything, you shine His glory. Not by performing. Not by winning. Not by being right. By being transformed until His character becomes visible in your life the way light becomes visible when it’s dark outside.

Marxism and Islamism

 

Red Guards and Green Guards: two cultural revolutions, the same revolutionary logic.

Both created theocratic systems—one built on Marxism, the other on Islamism.

Both claimed to be creating a “new society.” And both followed the same playbook:

• Destroy traditional culture – Mao sought to smash China’s “Four Olds.” Iran’s Islamists sought to erase Western and pre-Islamic heritage, targeting statues, tombs, and books.


• Rewrite history – the past had to be reshaped to legitimize the new revolutionary order.


• Take over the education system – universities were shut down for years and later reopened only after ideological screening and the purging of professors and students.


• Purge intellectuals – academics, writers, and dissenting thinkers were expelled, imprisoned, or silenced to enforce ideological conformity.


• Indoctrinate the population – education and literacy campaigns were used not simply to teach, but to spread revolutionary ideology.

Faith. Hope. Charity.

 

“Hope is one leg of a three-legged stool, together with faith and charity. These three stabilize our lives regardless of the rough or uneven surfaces we might encounter at the time. . . .

Hope is . . . the abiding trust that the Lord will fulfill His promise to us. It is confidence that if we live according to God’s laws and the words of His prophets now, we will receive desired blessings in the future. It is believing and expecting that our prayers will be answered. It is manifest in confidence, optimism, enthusiasm, and patient perseverance.

Hope is ‘critical’ to both faith and charity. When disobedience, disappointment, and procrastination erode faith, hope is there to uphold our faith. When frustration and impatience challenge charity, hope braces our resolve and urges us to care for our fellowmen even without expectation of reward.

The brighter our hope, the greater our faith. The stronger our hope, the purer our charity.

The things we hope for lead us to faith, while the things we hope in lead us to charity. The three qualities—faith, hope, and charity—working together, grounded on the truth and light of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ—lead us to abound in good works”

Deiter F. Uchtdorf (The Infinite Power of Hope—General Conference Oct. 2008)

American Wars

 

America’s first war after the war for our independence was against the Barbary pirates. There was no Israel, AIPAC or Christian Zionism boogeyman.

Just Islamic slave traders kidnapping Americans and demanding tribute.

We fought World War I to stop Germany. No Israel involved. Israel didn’t exist yet.

We fought World War II to stop Hitler. No Israel involved. Still didn’t exist.

We fought Korea to stop communist expansion. Nothing to do with Israel.

We fought Vietnam to stop communist expansion. Nothing to do with Israel.

We fought the Gulf War for oil and to stop Saddam from controlling 40% of the world’s petroleum reserves. That was about gas prices, not the Torah.

We fought Afghanistan because 3,000 Americans were murdered on 9/11 by al-Qaeda. Israel didn’t fly those planes.

We fought Iraq because our leaders made a mistake. A miscalculation that cost us greatly. It happens people are human. You learn and adjust policy.

We are confronting Iran because we don’t want suicidal head choppers to have a nuclear weapon.

This is America. Not Russia. Christian Zionists are a huge threat to Eurasian slop because we stand in their way.

NO PALESTINE EXISTS

 

NO PALESTINE EXISTS

1. Before Israel, there was a British mandate, not a Palestinian state.

2. Before the British Mandate, the Ottoman Empire existed, not a Palestinian state.

3. Before the Ottoman Empire, the Islamic state of the Egyptian Mamluks existed, not a Palestinian state.

4. Before the Islamic state of the Egyptian Mamluks, the Ayyubid-Kurdish Empire existed, not a Palestinian state.

5. Before the Ayyubid Empire, the Frankish Crusader kingdom and the Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem existed, not a Palestinian state.

6. Before the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the Umayyad and Fatimid empires existed, not a Palestinian state.

7. Before the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, the Byzantine Empire existed, not a Palestinian state.

8. Before the Byzantine Empire, the Sasanian-Persian Empire existed, not a Palestinian state.

9. Before the Sasanian-Persian Empire, the Byzantine Empire existed again, not a Palestinian state.

10. Before the Byzantine Empire, the Roman Empire existed, not a Palestinian state.

11. Before the Roman Empire, the Hasmonean Jewish state existed, not a Palestinian state.

12. Before the Hasmonean Jewish state, the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire existed, not a Palestinian state.

13. Before the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, the empire of Alexander the Great existed, not a Palestinian state.

14. Before Alexander the Great, the Persian Empire existed, not a Palestinian state.

15. Before the Persian Empire, the Babylonian Empire existed, not a Palestinian state.

16. Before the Babylonian Empire, the kingdoms of Israel and Judah were not Palestinian states.

17. Before the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, the Kingdom of Israel existed, not a Palestinian state.

18. Before the Kingdom of Israel, the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel existed, not a Palestinian state.

19. Before the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, there was an agglomeration of independent Canaanite city-states, not a Palestinian state.

There have been many governments there, but never a Palestinian state.